Improvement in cases for toilet-papers



E. W. DENNISONf CASES FOR TOILET PAPER.

Patented Dec. 5, 1876.

bro/185,082.

Inventor! THE GRAPHIC CO. NM

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIPHALET W. DENNISON, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSETTS.

- IMPROVEMENTJN CASES FOR TOILET-PAPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1S5,082 ,'datedDecember 5, 1876; application filed September 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIPHALET \V.DENNI- SON,ofBoston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulCase for Toilet or Shaving Papers, of which the following is aspecification The purpose of this invention is to provide a neat anduseful receptacle for shaving or toilet papers, by which the latter arealways retained in a compactstate, and. prevented from becomingscattered or lostthe position of the papers within the case being suchthat a single sheet may, if desired, be readily detached from the packWithout disturbing the remainder. Theinvention consists in theemployment of a box or case whose front and rear sides are sloping, inorder that the upper sheets of the pack shall overhang those below andbe readily detached, while, secondarily, the front sloping side or wallis formed with a notch to receive a. persons thumb and enable access tobe readily had to the uppermost sheets as the pack becomes reduced, andthe adjacent side of the box is hinged at bottom to expose such notch,the whole being as hereinafter described.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure l, aperspective view of a box or case embodying my invention, while Fig. 2is a vertical section of the same.

In these drawings,A representsa rectangular box, composed of paper orany suitable material, such box being provided with a cover, B, and withits front side (J hinged to the bottom, in order to drop and expose thecontents of the box, and enable access to be had'to the latter. The rearinner side D of the box A is sloping or overhanging, as shown in Fig. 2of the drawings, while the opposite side E is sloping in the samedirection, or parallel to it. The purpose in inclining the sides D andE, and of the box is to crowd the ends of the pack of paper into a likeposition, in order that the upper sheets shall overhang to a slightextent those below, and thus render the removal of the upper one morecertain and easy.

To aid in readily detaching the upper sheet of the pack, a notch, 11,may be cut in-the sloping wall E, to admit of passage of a per-. sonsthumb to the uppermost sheet as the pack becomes gradually reduced, andto permit of this passage of the thumb the front sideG of the box may behinged at bottom, in order to be turned down into a horizontal position,as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The notch a may be of any form or size, audit mayv be dispensed withentirely; but I prefer to employ it, as well as to'hinge the front sideof the box, as stated.

The cover B may be omitted, if desired; I

but in most cases it will be employed.

A receptacle of the character above named will be found attractive anduseful, as it prevents packages of toilet or shaving papers frombecoming loose and scattered about,

while at the same time it permits a single sheet to be readily andimmediately detached.

I claim Abox having hinged or removable end flap and cover, providedwith additional parallel sloping walls, one of which (the one over whichthe sheets are withdrawn) hasa thumb-notch, the whole being arrangedsubstantially as described.

' E. W. DENNISON. Witnesses:

ALBERT METCALF, W. E. BOARDMAN.

